''Mohan Kumar Fans'' is a 2021 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

-language comedy drama film written and directed by Jis Joy. The film is produced by

Listin Stephen Listin Stephen is an Indian film producer and distributor who works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. He founded the film production company Magic Frames that has produced and distributed a lot of successful movies over a decade. ...

under the banner of Magic Frames.

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the Kunc ...

played the role of a singer. The film also features Siddique, Anarkali Nazar, Mukesh,

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such as ...

Vinay Forrt Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...

Saiju Kurup Saiju Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He is credited as Anirudh in Tamil movies. He debuted in '' Mayookham'' (2005) by Hariharan. As of June 2021, he ...

Ramesh Pisharody T. V. Ramesh (born 1 October 1983), professionally credited as Ramesh Pisharody, is an Indian stand-up comedian, impressionist, television presenter, actor and film director. He works in Malayalam television shows, stage, and cinema. Early ...

and

Krishna Shankar Krishna Sankar is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. His notable films include ''Neram'' (2013), '' Premam'' (2015), ''Marubhoomiyile Aana'' (2016) and ''Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela'' (2017). Career Krishna Sankar started his ...

in pivotal roles. The songs are composed by Prince George, while the score is composed by William Francis. The film premiered on 19 March 2021.

Synopsis

The story revolves around Mohan Kumar (Siddique) a yesteryear actor who has recently made his comeback in a film after many years. He is passionate about movies and has hopes of winning a national award for his recent performance. The film explores his relationship with movies and how his friends and family support him in achieving his dreams.

Cast

as Krishnanunni a.k.a. Kichu * Siddique as Mohan Kumar * Anarkali Nazar as Sreeranjini Mohan Kumar * Mukesh as Prakash *

as Br. Paulutty *

as Kripesh / Aghosh Menon *

as Krishnanunni's Brother *

as Saji *

as Pratheesh *

T. G. Ravi T. G. Ravindranathan (born 16 May 1944), popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is an Indian actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during t ...

as Ravi * Alencier as Krishnanunni's Father *

Major Ravi Major A. K. Raveendran SM (born 13 June 1958) is a retired officer of the Indian Army and former National Security Guard commando. He was awarded the President's gallantry medal in 1991 and 1992 for his contributions in fighting terrorism in ...

as Raghu *

Joy Mathew Joy Mathew (born 20 September 1961) is an Indian film and theatre actor.He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter.He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Career Joy Mathew is best known for playing the lead role in John Abra ...

as RC * Adil Ibrahim as Arun Rajeev *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karama ...

as Fr. Jaison * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Krishnanunni's Aunt * Deepa Thomas as Brighty Aaghosh Menon * Srikant Murali as Nandakishore * Anjali Nair as Krishnan Unni's Sister * Prasanth Alexander as Krishnan Unni's Brother in Law *

Sreelakshmi Sreelekshmi is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam-language films and television serials. She has won three Kerala state Awards, two Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress and one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actres ...

as Dr. Deepika, Prakash's wife *

Sethu Lakshmi Sethu Lakshmi is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television soap operas.She started her career as a theatre artist and later rose into fame with character roles. Personal life Sethulakshmi is from Thiruvanan ...

as Kumariamma, Mohan Kumar's housemaid * Nisthar Sait as Hamsa Randathani * Asif Ali as Himself (Cameo) *

Sharreth Sujith Vasudevan I (born 3 October 1969), professionally credited as Sharreth, is an Indian music director and singer. He predominantly composes film scores and songs for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi f ...

as Himself (Cameo) *

Jassie Gift Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the success of his song "Lajjavathiye" from the film ''4 The People''. He won ...

as Himself (Cameo) *

Chitra Iyer Chitra Iyer (also credited as Chitra Sivaraman) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian and Italian films across five different industries primarily in Malayalam. A resident of Bangalore, Chitra worked extensively with A. R. Rah ...

as Herself (Cameo) * Jis Joy as Movie Director (Cameo)

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Awarding the film 3.5 on a scale of 5, Sajin Shrijith from

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote; "its a fairly effective blend of satire and emotional drama. He added despite the excess melodrama, ''Mohan Kumar Fans'' manages to be a smile-inducing entertainer."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt11800272 2020s Malayalam-language films 2021 films 2021 comedy-drama films Indian comedy-drama films Indian drama road movies Films directed by Jis Joy